1982 New York Cosmos season

New York Cosmos
1982 season
Manager Brazil Júlio Mazzei[1]
Stadium Giants Stadium
NASL Division: 1st
Overall: 1st
Playoffs: Champions
National
Challenge Cup
Did not enter
CONCACAF
Champions' Cup
Did not enter
Top goalscorer League: ( goals)
All: ( goals)
Highest home attendance 52,436
vs. TB (April 18)
Lowest home attendance 14,212
vs. CNF (May 29)
Average home league attendance 28,479[2]

The 1982 New York Cosmos season was the 12th season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. The Cosmos completed their fourth double—a feat not matched by any NASL or, as yet, MLS club—finishing 37 points ahead of Seattle for the league premiership, and defeating the Sounders in Soccer Bowl '82 for the league championship.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Hubert Birkenmeier
2 Iran DF Andranik Eskandarian
3 Canada DF Robert Iarusci
4 United States DF Jeff Durgan
5 Brazil DF Carlos Alberto
6 United States MF Rick Davis
7 Paraguay MF Julio Cesar Romero
8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia MF Vladislav Bogićević
9 Italy FW Giorgio Chinaglia
11 Portugal FW Seninho
12 United States FW Steve Moyers
13 Netherlands MF Johan Neeskens
No. Position Player
14 South Africa FW Steve Wegerle
15 Netherlands DF Wim Rijsbergen
16 United States FW Angelo DiBernardo
17 United States FW Steve Hunt
18 United States MF Boris Bandov
19 Paraguay FW Roberto Cabanas
21 United States GK David Brcic
22 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia DF Ivan Buljan
24 United States FW Darryl Gee
26 United States DF Erhardt Kapp
28 United States FW Chico Borja
30 Trinidad and Tobago MF Richard Chinapoo

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Results

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Friendlies


Preseason


Regular Season

Pld = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
6 points for a win, 1 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored (up to three per game).

Eastern Division Standings

Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1New York Cosmos 32 23 9 73 52 +21203
2Montreal Manic 32 19 13 60 43 +17159
3Toronto Blizzard 32 17 15 64 47 +17151
4Chicago Sting 32 13 19 56 67 -11129

Overall league placing

Pos Club Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1New York Cosmos 32 23 9 73 52 +21203
2Seattle Sounders 32 18 14 72 48 +24166
3Fort Lauderdale Strikers 32 18 14 64 74 -10163
4San Diego Sockers 32 19 13 71 54 +17162
5Vancouver Whitecaps 32 20 12 58 48 +10160

Source:[5]

Matches

April 10, 1982: New York Cosmos 3, Jacksonville Tea Men 2 Jacksonville, Fl Attendance: 4,537

April 18, 1982, New York Cosmos 2, Tampa Bay Rowdies 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 52,436

April 24, 1982: New York Cosmos 3, Chicago Sting 1 Wrigley Field Attendance 16,149

April 28, 1982: Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2, New York Cosmos 1 Lockhart Stadium Attendance 17,951

May 2, 1982: New York Cosmos 2, Jacksonville Tea Men 0 Giants Stadium Attendance 32,710

May 5, 1982: New York Cosmos 1, Toronto Blizzard 2 Varsity Stadium Attendance 16,746

May 8, 1982: New York Cosmos 3, Tulsa Roughnecks 2 Skelly Stadium Attendance 21,118

May 12, 1982: New York Cosmos 2, San Diego Sockers 1 San Diego Sports Arena 14,805

May 16, 1982: Chicago Sting 1, New York Cosmos 3 Giants Stadium 36,193

May 19, 1982: New York Cosmos 3, Portland Timbers 2 Civic Stadium 15,233

May 23, 1982: New York Cosmos 3, Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 Giants Stadium 18,710

June 6, 1982: New York Cosmos 2, Toronto Blizzard 1 Giants Stadium 18,938

June 12, 1982: New York Cosmos 2, Tampa Bay Rowdies 0 Tampa Stadium 28,475

June 18. 1982: Montreal Manic 3, New York Cosmos 2 Olympic Stadium 32,654

June 20, 1982: New York Cosmos 3, Seattle Sounders 2 Giants Stadium 27,397

June 23, 1982: New York Cosmos 3, Vancouver Whitecaps 2 Giants Stadium 22,914

June 27, 1982: New York Cosmos 3, Edmonton Drillers 1 Giants Stadium 26,379

June 30, 1982: San Jose Earthquakes 4, New York Cosmos 2 Spartan Stadium 18,111

July 3, 1982: Vancouver Whitecaps 1, New York Cosmos 0 Empire Stadium 22,618

July 7, 1982: Edmonton Drillers 2, New York Cosmos 1 Clarke Stadium 8,697

July 10, 1982: New York Cosmos 2, Chicago Sting 1 Wrigley Field 18,023

July 14, 1982: New York Cosmos 3, Montreal Manic 2 Giants Stadium 25,634

July 18, 1982: New York Cosmos 6, Portland Timbers 2 Giants Stadium 24,387

July 22, 1982: New York Cosmos 1, Toronto Blizzard 0 Varsity Stadium 10,856

July 25, 1982: New York Cosmos 2, San Diego Sockers 1 Giants Stadium 29,572

July 28, 1982: New York Cosmos 2, San Jose Earthquakes 1 Giants Stadium 18,828

August 1, 1982: New York Cosmos 3, Montreal Manic 2 Giants Stadium 38,891

August 4, 1982: Seattle Sounders 3, New York Cosmos 2 Kingdome attendance 23,925

August 11, 1982: Toronto Blizzard 4, New York Cosmos 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 22,158

August 15, 1982: New York Cosmos 3, Chicago Sting 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 36,241

August 18, 1982: New York Cosmos 3, Tulsa Roughnecks 1 Giants Stadium Attendance 28,638

August 20, 1982: Montreal Manic 3, New York Cosmos 1 Olympic Stadium 34,251

Postseason

Overview

Quarter-finals
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
New York Cosmos - Tulsa Roughnecks 5 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 August 25, 28, September 1
Seattle Sounders - Toronto Blizzard 4 - 2 1 - 2 4 - 2 August 25, 28, September 1
Montreal Manic - Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 - 2 0 - 1 1 - 4 August 25, 28, September 1
San Diego Sockers - Vancouver Whitecaps 5 - 1 0 - 1 2 - 1 August 25, 28, September 1
Semi-finals
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
New York Cosmos - San Diego Sockers 2 - 1 2 - 1 September 5, 8
Seattle Sounders - Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 0 3 - 4 1 - 0 September 4, 8, 10
Soccer Bowl '82
September 18 New York Cosmos 1 0 Seattle Sounders San Diego, Jack Murphy Stadium

See also


References

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